1925. Miriam and her mother move into a new kibbutz close to Jerusalem and find Yehoshua, also a Jewish refugee from Europe. Miriam and Youssef meet - two young people from across the divide. But Yehoshua distrusts the Arabs and threatens Youssef, his father and his uncle. Harry finds Youssef work. Episode two of the drama.

Written by Steve Waters.

CAST

Youssef: Amir El-Masry

Miriam: Shani Erez

Young Miriam: Ava Merson-O’Brien

Young Youssef: Jo Ben Ayed

Sara: Jessica Turner

Yehoshua: Philip Arditti

Ben-Gurion: Elliot Levey

Abu Khalid: Rami Nasr

Umm Khalid: Sirine Saba

Harry Lister: Blake Ritson

Mahmoud: Daniel Rabin

The Mufti: Dana Haqjoo

Major Dennis: Clive Hayward

Other parts: Heather Craney and Neil McCaul

Original music: Glenn Sharp

Sound designer: Caleb Knightley

This episode was updated on 11 May 2020.

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